Is there a "cloud storage" option for PPC?

[eyoungren]

If all that is needed is SMB3, then we can try building samba4 for PPC.

There have been a number of projects over the PowerPC OS X years where people have replaced the stock version of Samba with the standard version. It is for Linux and Unix.

This was something I was going to try on the work Macs at one point. My problem was that this was a work computer, critical to my job. Screwing up the install or doing something wrong could have meant it not being able to connect to the network at all. And all our files were on the network. At the very least that would have forced a complete reinstall of the OS, apps, settings, etc just to get back to where I was.

A very big undertaking when your deadlines specify delivery of two newspapers and all their content each week.

I found DAVE (Thursby Software) and installed that.

Samba is open source. Go for it if you want.

 

[barracuda156]

Samba is open source. Go for it if you want.

I know, I built samba3 on 10.6 PPC (been needed as a dependency for another port). I don’t recall now if I tried the current version, but I will check that somewhat later.

 

[crimsonRE]

I ought to tinker with nfs again. The one time I tried configuring and using it was during the late Panther/early Tiger days. I was unable to get it to work, so I stuck with afp and smb.

That was my experience with it as well, though I had been setting up NFS servers/clients for myself under NextStep, SunOS, Solaris and IRIX for a decade...

 

[crimsonRE]

A webDAV service would be easy for folks to use since the Finder in both Tiger and Leopard can do it natively. For my own hobbyist uses I don't need much cloud storage, but I do use the SwissDisk folks - they've been online for 20 years. https://www.swissdisk.com/
Only 50MB for free but it's as easy as typing 'https://disk.swissdisk.com/your_login_name_here' into the 'Server Address' field in the Finder's 'Connect to Server' pop-up (or Cmd-K) from the 'Go' menu...and you can always pay for more storage space.

 

[barracuda156]

Those LaCie d2 drives look super-cool with their blue eyes

I got LaCie 4big Quadra hiding behind a monitor

 

[barracuda156]

I know, I built samba3 on 10.6 PPC (been needed as a dependency for another port). I don’t recall now if I tried the current version, but I will check that somewhat later.

Did not check Leopard yet, but on Rosetta is freezes on configure here: https://trac.macports.org/ticket/65622

 

[chrv80]

I just built samba3 on Leopard, with gcc12. It built without errors, but I don't know how to test if it works.. So there is any way to use samba3 to connect to the other shared computers on the network?

 

[eyoungren]

I just built samba3 on Leopard, with gcc12. It built without errors, but I don't know how to test if it works.. So there is any way to use samba3 to connect to the other shared computers on the network?

Well, connect to a share and try a file transfer. If it hits a certain speed it will either be SMB1, 2 or 3.

 

[chrv80]

I will try it in the next days because I am away from my powerbook, and I will post back. Thanks!

 

[barracuda156]

If all that is needed is SMB3, then we can try building samba4 for PPC.

Well, after quite a while I fixed samba4: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commit/0c879ef0734c6e3267d67ea8eaa5fc174350c416

 

[Furby2005]

An old AirPort Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme with an external drive attached works well as a reliable NAS solution between PPC and modern Macs. Incredibly easy to set up and can be bought quite cheaply these days.

 

[mectojic]

An old AirPort Time Capsule or AirPort Extreme with an external drive attached works well as a reliable NAS solution between PPC and modern Macs. Incredibly easy to set up and can be bought quite cheaply these days.

What model would you recommend? Can you explain how you access the files from modern/PPC macs?

 

[Furby2005]

What model would you recommend? Can you explain how you access the files from modern/PPC macs?

Go for one of the most recent models with ac wi-fi, the tall ones (5th gen. Time Capsule or 6th gen. AirPort Extreme). They're very easy to set up using AirPort Utility, which is still included in the latest version of macOS. Set the wireless and networking to off and it will act as a simple NAS drive which is accessible from the Finder sidebar on any version of OS X or macOS.

 

[skinniezinho]

Well, after quite a while I fixed samba4: https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/commit/0c879ef0734c6e3267d67ea8eaa5fc174350c416

Sorry to bump this thread.
I am trying to install samba4. First time with macports.
And I am constantly having to need to manualy activate some dependencies and restra(like explained here).
Any way to automate this? I tried that script but I get some errors (picture in annex).

Sorry but I am really n00b on this

 

[saxfun]

macports, 10.5.8, gcc14, new ticket:

#71170 (samba-4.20.0: 'In function 'sys_quotactl_4B' . . . quotactl' from incompatible pointer type (powerpc, 10.5.8)) – MacPorts

trac.macports.org

 

[barracuda156]

Sorry to bump this thread.
I am trying to install samba4. First time with macports.
And I am constantly having to need to manualy activate some dependencies and restra(like explained here).
Any way to automate this? I tried that script but I get some errors (picture in annex).

Sorry but I am really n00b on this

You should not need and should not really use any unknown scripts to “fix” MacPorts installation. (At least as long as you do not know what exactly that is doing.)

It is hard to say what exactly fails, unless you attach the log. (Not for the script you referred, but for what you do with MacPorts in this case.) But it could be a conflict between samba4 and samba3 or some other related port. Such conflicts happen because different ports install identically-named files into identical locations. This is not a MacPorts error normally, it is a consequence of how those ports are designed by their developers. However, it can be fixed from MacPorts side, and that can be requested via MacPorts Trac.

With samba case it can be annoying, since ffmpeg has a variant for samba, which uses samba3, so if one wants to have samba4, it will require to deactivate ffmpeg, if the latter is installed as +samba. Solution could be either to install samba3 and samba4 in dedicated subprefices (which will allow both to co-exist) or allow ffmpeg (and whatever else may use samba) to choose between samba3 and samba4. Port maintainer, hopefully, can sort that out in a better way.

 

[skinniezinho]

You should not need and should not really use any unknown scripts to “fix” MacPorts installation. (At least as long as you do not know what exactly that is doing.)

It is hard to say what exactly fails, unless you attach the log. (Not for the script you referred, but for what you do with MacPorts in this case.) But it could be a conflict between samba4 and samba3 or some other related port. Such conflicts happen because different ports install identically-named files into identical locations. This is not a MacPorts error normally, it is a consequence of how those ports are designed by their developers. However, it can be fixed from MacPorts side, and that can be requested via MacPorts Trac.

With samba case it can be annoying, since ffmpeg has a variant for samba, which uses samba3, so if one wants to have samba4, it will require to deactivate ffmpeg, if the latter is installed as +samba. Solution could be either to install samba3 and samba4 in dedicated subprefices (which will allow both to co-exist) or allow ffmpeg (and whatever else may use samba) to choose between samba3 and samba4. Port maintainer, hopefully, can sort that out in a better way.

Thank you for taking the time to answer me.
Next time I will open a ticket. Since it is my first time, I thought it was some kinda of option that I missed. Thanks for explaining to me.
Regarding SAMBA, I guess I misunderstood between SAMBA and SMB and that SAMBA 4.0 would be downwards compatible with SMB3.0.
Since my NAS (explained here) only allows for SMB3.0 guess it would be better to stick to SAMBA 3.0, no?

 

[barracuda156]

Thank you for taking the time to answer me.
Next time I will open a ticket. Since it is my first time, I thought it was some kinda of option that I missed. Thanks for explaining to me.
Regarding SAMBA, I guess I misunderstood between SAMBA and SMB and that SAMBA 4.0 would be downwards compatible with SMB3.0.
Since my NAS (explained here) only allows for SMB3.0 guess it would be better to stick to SAMBA 3.0, no?

TBH I do not know samba internals, but it seems that samba3 should fit the needs, and it will probably not conflict with anything.

P. S. For anything that is not specific to powerpc it is preferable to open Trac tickets not only because it helps more ppl, but also because you are likely to get a better solution. (This, of course, does not prevent from referencing the problem here as well.)